Closet-seat hinge.



No. 695,602. Patented Mar. I8, I902. c.- EVANS. CLOSET SEAT HINGE.

(App! ton filed June 3 1901) (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES EVANS, OF ASHTON-UNDER- LYNE, ENGLAND.

CLOSET-SEAT HI NGE.

$1 EQIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,602, dated March 18, 1902.

Application filed June 3, I901.

Serial No. 63,027. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES EVANS, a subj ect of the King of Great Britain and Ireland,

and a resident of Ashton-under-Lyne, near Manchester,England,haveinventedImprovements Relating to Closet-Seat Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to and consists of a" hinge which is cheap to make and can be applied without the aid of skilled labor, also a hinge which will suit for a seat only or for a seat and lid and requires no previous preparation of the seat or lid, as is commonly the case with other makes of. closet-hinges. It also dispenses with the need of a back-rail for the lid.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a closet seat and lid, partly broken away, with the improved hinges applied thereto. Figs. 2, 3, and 5t illustrate the three parts comprising one of the improved hinges.

When applied to a closet fitted with a seat A, back-rail B, and lid or seat-cover 0, one of the improved hinges comprises the part D, which is fastened to the lid, the part E, which is fastened to the seat, and the part F, which is fastened to the back-rail B, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The other hinge comprises similar parts, but the upstanding portion of part E is on the opposite edge of its base. Upon the part D is the stud or trunnion G and upon the part E a like stud or trunnion H, and with the said parts in position the said pairs of studs, orboth the lid and the seat turning on the one center. With the lid and parts D removed, as shown by the upper part of Fig. 1, it will be seen that the hinging of the seat remains the same and therefore that the improved hinge is always ready to secure a lid.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention, What I claim is In combination in a hinge for closet seats and lids, a plate with holes for attachment to the upper face of the seat-rail and with an upstanding part having a round hole init, a further plate with holes for attachment to the rear edge of the seat-lid and with a round pivot-like part for taking into the hole aforesaid, and another plate with holes for attach-- ment to the face of the closet-seat and with an upstanding portion having a pivot-like part for also taking into the hole aforesaid, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES EVANS. Witnesses:

GEO. H. POTTS, ELDON A. KING. 

